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Letters Patent No. 96,828,

dated November 16, 1869.

The Schedule aimed to in these Letters Patent and mmz m of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CONSTANTINE Nnssr, of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented or compounded an Improved Beverage or Champagne Musk Lemonade and I do hereby declare that the ingredients used, and the manner of mixing or compounding them, to make the said beverage, are described in the following specification. Into any convenient vessel, I put four and one-half (4 pounds of loaf or crushed sugar, one-halite) pound of brnisedbarley, with one gallon of pure water,'and acidulate with five (5) limes or lemons, which I cut into thin slices. To impart to the beverage a musk flavor, I employ one (1) ounce of basil-weed, or wild basil. This weed or herb may be employed or not, according to taste, yet itwill impart an agreeable aroma and flavor to the compound, which is very desirable in warm climates. I then allow the contents of the vessel to macerate eight (8) or ten (10) days, and strain the liquor through fine muslin or filtering-paper into anothervessel, when ponndedin about the proportions set forth, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my'hand and seal.

' CONSTANTINE NESSI. [1,. s.]

\Vitnesses A. PALTEXGHI, G. W. M. SMITH. 

